You can move objects
at a specified distance and direction from the originals.

Use
coordinates, grid snap, object snaps, and other tools to move objects with
precision.

Specify Distance with Two
Points

Move an object using the distance and direction
specified by a base point followed by a second point. In this example,
you move the block representing a window. Click Home
tabModify
panelMove.Enter move at
the Command prompt. Then select the object
to be moved (1). Specify the base point for the move (2) followed
by a second point (3). The object is moved the distance and direction
of point 2 to point 3.

Specify Distance with Relative
Coordinates

You
can move an object using a relative distance by entering coordinate
values for the first point and pressing Enter for the second point.
The coordinate values are used as a relative displacement rather
than the location of a base point.

NoteDo not include an
@ sign as you normally would for relative coordinates, because relative
coordinates are expected.

To copy objects a specified distance, you can
also use direct distance entry with Ortho mode and polar tracking.
For more information, see
Enter Direct Distances

Use a Stretch-Move

You can
also use
STRETCH to move objects
if all their endpoints lie entirely within the selection window.
Turn on Ortho mode or polar tracking to move the objects at a specific
angle.

A practical example is moving a door in a wall.
The door in the illustration is entirely within a crossing selection,
while the wall lines are only partly within the crossing selection
area.

The result is that only the endpoints that lie
within the crossing selection move.

You can also select objects
and drag them to a new location; press Ctrl to make a copy. Using
this method, you can drag objects between open drawings and other
applications. If you drag with the right mouse button instead of
the left, a shortcut menu is displayed. The menu options include
Move Here, Copy Here, Paste as Block, and Cancel. See
Embed OLE Objects in Drawings.

To move an object using two points

Click Home
tabModify
panelMove.Enter move at
the Command prompt.

Select the objects to move.

Specify a base point for the move.

Specify a second point.

The objects you selected are moved to a new
location determined by the distance and direction between the first
and second points.

To move an object using a displacement

Click Home
tabModify
panelMove.Enter move at
the Command prompt.

Select the object to move.

Enter the displacement in the form of
a Cartesian, polar, cylindrical, or spherical coordinate value.
Do not include the @ sign, because a relative coordinate is assumed.

At the prompt for the second point, press
Enter.

The coordinate values
are used as a relative displacement rather than the location of
a base point. The selected objects are moved to a new location determined
by the relative coordinate values you enter.

The crossing selection must include at least
one vertex or endpoint. Specify crossing selection by clicking,
moving your pointing device from right to left, and clicking again.

Do one of the following:

Specify the base point for the move,
and then specify a second point.

Enter the displacement in the form of
a Cartesian, polar, cylindrical, or spherical coordinate value.
Do not include the @ sign, because a relative coordinate is assumed.
At the prompt for the second point of displacement, press Enter.

Any objects with at least one vertex or endpoint
included within the crossing selection are stretched. Any objects
that are completely within the crossing selection are moved without
being stretched.